Biggleswade Chronicle (Biggleswade, England) back issues from April 2008:
SLIDESHOW: Biggy beaten at home.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Deepings too strong in league clash While they were not expecting to actually win this league fixture against Deepings' 'Green Machine', Biggleswade perhaps hadn't bargained on suffering a 43-0 reverse at Langford Road on Saturday. Second in the table Deepings ran in ...
Dream holiday ends in tragedy.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Ratidzo Moyo, of Biggleswade, drowns in New Zealand A dream holiday for a Biggleswade teenager ended in tragedy after he drowned in the sea off a popular tourist resort. Ratidzo Moyo, 19, had been staying with friends at Mount Maunganui in the beautiful Bay of Plenty ....
Seeing red over pink wedding!
Apr 02, 2008 ... Bride-to-be's ivory dress goes pink after cleaning mishap A woman was in danger of having her dreams of a perfect wedding day shattered after finding out her dress had been turned pink. Tina Lawrence, of Chapel Fields in Biggleswade, took her [pounds sterling]500 ...
Hat-trick of defeat for east Beds clubs.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Stotfold, Biggleswade United and Arlesey Ath lose on Tuesday There were defeats for all three east Beds clubs on Tuesday night, all losing by the odd goal in their respective league matches. United Counties League leaders Stotfold were surprisingly beaten 2-1 at home ...
Student jumps to it for African trip.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Sixth-former tries to fund trip to Ghana A sixth-former is organising a number of events - including a parachute jump - to fund a voluntary medical expedition to Ghana. Owen Thomas, of Lewis Lane, Arlesey, sees the trip as a chance to help out at a Third World ...
New garden offers final place of rest.
Apr 03, 2008 ... Work begins on church's garden of remembrance Bereaved relatives will finally be able to bury their loved ones' ashes after work started on a new Garden of Remembrance last week. The new garden for All Saints Church in Clifton, which will cater for the burial of ...
Turn on taps with four-mile walk.
Apr 03, 2008 ... Walk to tackle lack of safe water in developing world People are being encouraged to strap on their hiking boots for a walk to help tackle the widespread lack of safe, accessible water in the developing world. Millions of people in developing countries have to trek ...
County cup holders retain trophy.
Apr 03, 2008 ... Caldecote go close but Endersby is sent off Caldecote's quest to become the first Bedfordshire League club to lift the Beds Senior Trophy ended in double disappointment at Cranfield on Wednesday when a goal from Chris Hemmings 26 minutes into the second half enabled holders AFC ...
SLIDESHOW: Sandy Ten road race.
Apr 03, 2008 ... 25th event attracts 500 runners It was third time lucky for Steve Poole as he strode to victory in the 25th Anniversary Sandy Ten race on Sunday. Third in 2005 and second 12 months later, in near perfect conditions the Wootton Road Runner judged his effort superbly to ...
Henlow businesses fined for pollution offences.
Apr 03, 2008 ... Both owners plead guilty in court Two businessmen were fined thousands of pounds on Thursday for breaking major health and safety regulations. Capital Fireplaces Ltd and Jumbos Ltd, which are based at Henlow Trading Estate, were prosecuted at Bedford Magistrates Court ...
County loses High Court bid.
Apr 04, 2008 ... Challenge to the Government's unitary authority decision fails THE battle to prevent Beds County Council being abolished is over - after the High Court turned down its legal challenge. The county council had challenged the Government's decision on the unitary ...
What will you be watching this weekend?
Apr 04, 2008 ... All your local football fixtures SATURDAY, APRIL 5 RYMAN ISTHMIAN LEAGUE Division One North: Bury Town v Canvey Island; Edgware Town v Aveley; Enfield Town v Brentwood Town; Great Wakering Rovers v Ilford; Maldon Town v Northwood; Potters Bar Town v ...
Get a taste of something special!
Apr 04, 2008 ... Bedfordshire's first festival of food to be held this weekend Shuttleworth is holding Bedfordshire's first festival of food this weekend. The event is taking place throughout the weekend from 10am to 5pm at Old Warden Park and has been organised by the English School ...
Inspired to go on ride of their lives.
Apr 05, 2008 ... Team to cycle 3,000 miles across America An inspiring team of cyclists from Chronicle Country is set to ride more than 3,000 miles across America to raise cash for the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK. Around 70 cyclists and support members of Team Inspiration ...
Local Lost Boys treading the boards.
Apr 05, 2008 ... Schoolboys get roles in Peter Pan musical at Stevenage Lost boys from Chronicle Country are treading the boards in the Easter musical at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage. Matthew Hutchinson, 12, of High Street, Meppershall, and Jordan Dutton, 14, of Bluebell ...
Sister pays tribute to brother.
Apr 06, 2008 ... "I was proud to call him my brother," she says following New Zealand drowning tragedy A loving sister has paid tribute to the young man she was proud to call her brother after he died in a tragic accident while on the holiday of a lifetime. Ratidzo Moyo, 19, of ...
Snow covers district.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Biggleswade area wakes up to a white covering on Sunday - send us your pictures! Residents in Biggleswade woke up to a covering of snow this morning (Sunday). Temperatures began to fall on Saturday and the predicted snow arrived in the district overnight. ...
Waders go level at top.
Apr 06, 2008 ... Saturday wins for Town, Stotfold and Ath, Reds held, Arlesey lose Biggleswade Town bounced back to go level with Beaconsfield SYCOB at the top of the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division following yesterday's 4-0 win away to Aylesbury Vale. Beaconsfield's game ...
SLIDESHOW: Your snow pictures.
Apr 07, 2008 ... Readers send in pictures after the weekend's snowfall Residents in Biggleswade woke up to a covering of snow on Sunday morning. Temperatures began to fall on Saturday and the predicted snow arrived in the district overnight. We asked you to send in your ...
Cock-a-hoop to run village inn.
Apr 07, 2008 ... Pub to be vitalised after former manager takes reins again A community pub is set to be revitalised after its former manager was persuaded by punters to take the reins. Vanessa Roberts was due to receive the keys to Gamlingay watering hole The Cock Inn today and is ...
Lower school move approved.
Apr 08, 2008 ... [pounds sterling]5million plan receives green light A lower school will be expanding and relocating after plans were given the go ahead today. (Tuesday) Roecroft Lower School in Stotfold will increase in size and be transferred from Church Road to another site within ...
SLIDESHOW: Reds tame the Tigers.
Apr 08, 2008 ... Langford draw with Kingsbury Saturday's clash between Langford and Kingsbury London Tigers will best be remembered for a series of glaring second half misses rather than for its four first half goals as the two sides were forced to share the spoils. When they met ...
Youth group saved!
Apr 08, 2008 ... Chronicle campaign helps secure financial backing A youth group has been rescued from closure after securing vital funding from the council. There were fears that Sandy Youth Club would never run again when it was forced to close after financial problems and ...
Action group hits back at racism allegations.
Apr 09, 2008 ... Council's decision sparks outrage An action group that was set up to fight back against traveller camps has hit back at the district council for branding people racist. Members of Stratton Park Action Group slammed Mid Beds for refusing to publish more than 3,000 ...
SLIDESHOW: Bedfordshire Festival of Food.
Apr 09, 2008 ... Thousands turn out for county's first food fest Freshly baked bread was just one of the different foods available at Bedfordshire's first ever Festival of Food. The festival, which was held last weekend at Old Warden Park in Shuttleworth, drew in crowds of around ...
United miss out on cup final.
Apr 09, 2008 ... Tuesday wins for Rokermen and Reds Potton United missed their chanmce of reaching the final of the South Midlands Floodlit Cup at Cockfosters' Chalk Lane ground on Tuesday when they lost by the odd goal in five. However the Fosters' hero was Dan O'Connor whose ...
9,000 respond to development plans.
Apr 10, 2008 ... Big response in Talk To Mid Beds consultation More than 9,000 people took part in a major consultation that will decide where thousands of new homes and jobs are set to be placed. The Talk To Mid Beds consultation was launched by the district council to allow ...
Man found hanged.
Apr 10, 2008 ... Arlesey man discovered at bridge in Stondon A man was found hanged from a bridge by police on Monday night (April 7). Robin Kearney, 45, of Hillary Rise, Arlesey was found at around 7pm when police answered to a call from a member of the public at Fakeswell Lane in ...
Rokermen are fined for pitch brawl.
Apr 10, 2008 ... ... but Stotfold should collect UCL trophy at weekend! Stotfold Football Club has been fined [pounds sterling]600 by a Beds FA disciplinary hearing regarding its players' behaviour in the abandoned league derby with St Neots Town at Roker Park on Saturday, March 8. ...
[pounds sterling]575,000 to keep County Hall top officers.
Apr 11, 2008 ... Fund agreed to retain key staff at doomed Beds County Council More than [pounds sterling]500,000 is to be put aside by bosses at County Hall for their final year - in an effort to keep top officers from leaving the doomed authority. On Tuesday Beds County Council's ...
Jobs go at haulage firm.
Apr 11, 2008 ... Biggleswade jobs go as firm goes into administration today Thirty six jobs are set to go at a Biggleswade base as a haulage and distribution company went into administration today (Friday). Administrators for Ramage Distribution, which provides storage, transport and ...
Two arrested in Biggleswade drugs swoop.
Apr 11, 2008 ... Police dawn raid today also uncovers banned weapon Police seized a banned weapon, thousands of pounds worth of drugs and arrested two people following a dawn swoop today (Friday, April 11). At 7.10am eight officers from Bedfordshire's Specialist and Economic Crime ...
What will you be watching?
Apr 11, 2008 ... All your local football fixtures SATURDAY, APRIL 12 RYMAN ISTHMIAN LEAGUE Division One North: AFC Sudbury v Edgware Town; Arlesey Town v Enfield Town; Aveley v Witham Town; Brentwood Town v Maldon Town; Canvey Island v Wivenhoe Town; Dartford v Tilbury; ...
United edged out of cup.
Apr 11, 2008 ... Thursday defeat for Biggleswade in Hinchingbrooke but knockout victory for Stotfold Reserves Hinchingbrooke Cup holders St Ives Town set up a semi-final meeting with fellow UCL side Blackstones with a comfortable 3-0 win over Biggleswade United at Westwood Road on Thursday ...
Teen's mission for safer crossings.
Apr 12, 2008 ... Youngster wants to improve road for blind and partially sighted A caring teenager has expressed concerns for the safety of blind and partially-sighted people trying to cross a busy road in Biggleswade. Gary Watts, 14, wrote to the Biggleswade Chronicle after becoming ...
Best of luck to all our runners!
Apr 12, 2008 ... Are you one of the thousands running the London Marathon? Tens of thousands of people from all over the country will take part in one of the greatest sporting challenges known to man. It is, of course, London Marathon weekend, and among those thousands of people are ...
Bus routes stopped in shake up.
Apr 13, 2008 ... More transport cuts announced Bus users are facing more cuts to services as the county council announced it was pulling the plug on the worst performing routes to give more support to better used ones. It says a review of subsidised bus and transport services across ...
Stotfold crowned champions.
Apr 13, 2008 ... First UCL title for Rokermen after Saturday draw - Waders lose, Reds beat United Stotfold claimed their first United Counties League Premier Division title in dramatic fashion on Saturday. A large crowd of 234 at Roker Park were treated to a thrilling contest as ...
Summer start for relief road.
Apr 14, 2008 ... Work on eastern route now set for July Work on a relief road that could cut traffic in Biggleswade's town centre is not due to start until the summer. Developers of the massive new expansion to Biggleswade, set to be located on land east of the town, have now said ...
Shop owner pleads guilty.
Apr 14, 2008 ... Businessman fined for modifying set top boxes A struggling businessman pleaded guilty to modifying and selling on digital boxes today. James Howard of Drove Road, Biggleswade was arrested at the end of last month for four counts of modifying and selling Virgin Media ...
SLIDESHOW: Biggleswade Town v Beaconsfield.
Apr 14, 2008 ... Action from Saturday's top of the table SSML clash Biggleswade Town gave one of their best showings of an impressive campaign against Beaconsfield SYCOB Saturday but ended up losing 2-1. Beaconsfield SYCOB took all three points in the top-of-the-table showdown at ...
SLIDESHOW: We don't need no civil war?
Apr 14, 2008 ... Unless you live in Broom that is! Broom stepped back in time at the weekend for a Civil War re-enactment event. The two-day training event was held by the Sir Thomas Tyldesley's Regiment of Foot in the field behind The Cock Inn in the village. A number of ...
Central Beds' Shadow Authority launched.
Apr 15, 2008 ... Off the starting blocks - the new central Beds shadow authority The shadow executive for the Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority - which comes into being on April 1 next year - has been elected. Members of the shadow authority, which is made up of 124 councillors ...
A Marathon effort!
Apr 15, 2008 ... Sunshine all the way for district's charity runners The weather for this year's London Marathon was a mixture of pleasant sunshine, rain and freezing hail but it was sunshine all the way for the district's runners. Lucy Cope of Cos Lodge, The Green, Beeston raised ...
Midweek football action.
Apr 15, 2008 ... Fixtures for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday TUESDAY, APRIL 15 SA Butcher Cup - Semi-Final: Campton Reserves v Gamlingay Reserves (at Forde Park, Langford, 7.45pm). Ryman Division One North: AFC Sudbury v Enfield Town; Waltham Abbey v Waltham Forest; ...
Food and craft show heads to Potton.
Apr 16, 2008 ... Details of bank holiday festival revealed Head down to Potton in May for the family extravaganza that is the Potton Food and Craft Show. The show is set to take place over the May Bank Holiday - May 4 and 5 - and after the success of last year's event organisers have ...
Van owners warned after thefts.
Apr 16, 2008 ... Tools taken in spate of attacks in Stotfold Van owners are being urged to remain vigilant after a series of thefts. Belongings were snatched from three vehicles - all parked in Stotfold - in the early hours of Thursday, April 10. A van at The Mixies had ...
In-form Langford go sixth.
Apr 16, 2008 ... Reds in Tuesday league victory at high-fliers Hertford Langford's excellent recent form continued last night (Tuesday) when they returned from Hertford Town with a 2-1 victory. Gary Walker and Joe Delasalle struck late in the first half to give the Reds a two goal ...
Former teacher guilty of unprofessional conduct.
Apr 16, 2008 ... The former deputy head of Potton Lower admits to charges A former deputy headteacher who worked at a lower school in Chronicle Country admitted unprofessional conduct at a hearing in Birmingham on Monday (April 14). The charges against Sarah Woodward, former deputy ...
Arlesey Ath fall to league leaders.
Apr 17, 2008 ... Battling show but side lose on Wednesday Arlesey Athletic put in a battling performance at SSML Division One leaders Kentish Town on Wednesday evening but it was sadly in vain, losing 4-1. The home side were strong on the counter attack and that's how their first ...
Rapist jailed for seven years.
Apr 17, 2008 ... Judge called Michael Aberrici's violent actions abhorrent A window cleaner was jailed for seven years today (Thursday) for the violent rape of a woman while her daughter slept upstairs. The victim said Michael Alberrici searched her home in Sandy before raping her and ...
Postmaster's campaign to save his livelihood.
Apr 18, 2008 ... Petition launched to save Arlesey Post Office A campaign has been launched this week by a man trying to save his post office. Jaskarn Lidder, who runs the Londis Post Office in Arlesey High Street, is urging everyone to get their voice heard and sign his petition to ...
Stotfold to build on title success.
Apr 18, 2008 ... Chairman Phil Pateman hopes proposed switch to SSML will bring new challenge Newly-crowned United Counties League champions Stotfold are hoping to use this season as a springboard to more success. It's been a year to remember at Roker Park. As well as landing their ...
Celebrate St George!
Apr 18, 2008 ... St George's Day Festival at Wrest Park, Silsoe Knights in shining armour, distressed damsels and dastardly dragons - it's all there for the spectacular St George's Day festival at Wrest Park in Silsoe. English Heritage's biggest and best St George's Day extravaganza ...
I lost 13 stone in two years!
Apr 20, 2008 ... Sandy mum supports fellow dieters after massive weight loss A woman is offering support to fellow dieters after shedding a staggering 13 stone in just two years. When a colleague commented on her weight - which peaked at almost 350 pounds - Clare Twiss decided enough ...
Waders beat basement boys.
Apr 20, 2008 ... Saturday wins for Reds, Town and United, Rokermen draw but Arlesey lose Newly-crowned United Counties League champions Stotfold were held in a 1-1 draw by Premier Division newcomers Sleaford Town at Eslaforde Park yesterday (Saturday). Lee Allinson gave the visitors ...
United win in Hunts Premier.
Apr 20, 2008 ... Thursday night victory for Biggleswade Biggleswade United won their Hunts Premier Cup second round ...
Vandals leave elderly couple carless.
Apr 21, 2008 ... Car written off after steering column ripped out Mindless thugs broke into an elderly couple's car and ripped out the steering column - leaving them without transport. John Smith, 79, woke up to find that his Vauxhall Cavalier had been written off by the unprovoked ...
Second meeting for 'crimebusters'.
Apr 21, 2008 ... Safety forum meets tonight to discuss what progress has been made A crime-busting initiative that was launched earlier this year is set to meet for the second time tonight to see whether progress has been made on issues you flagged up as top priority. The Community ...
Be part of the solution.
Apr 22, 2008 ... Community safety forum encourages residents to form problem solving group If you have a problem why not think about becoming part of the solution? Biggleswade's Community Safety Forum is encouraging residents to get together to form a problem solving group to tackle ...
Let's raise the bar at gala!
Apr 22, 2008 ... Organisers want Shefford Gala to be bigger and better than ever A fun-packed day is in store as organisers prepare to make this year's Shefford Gala bigger and better than ever. The organising committee this week confirmed that more than 30 stalls have already been ...
SLIDESHOW: Queen fulfils childhood dream.
Apr 22, 2008 ... Carnival court 2008 selected Carnival Queen Sibretta Lee Cuzner will be fulfilling a childhood dream when she heads this year's grand parade. The 20-year-old, who lives in Hitchmead Road, Biggleswade, was picked from the bevy of beauties who competed for the carnival ...
Anne talks the talk and walks the walk!
Apr 23, 2008 ... Cople woman's double assault to raise money for breast cancer One woman will be walking the streets of London and the Inca Trail in Peru to raise money for charity this summer. Anne Jones, of Cople, hopes to collect cash for breast cancer research by attempting the ...
SLIDESHOW: Reserves team action.
Apr 23, 2008 ... Pictures from Biggleswade United's clash with Langford in SSML on Saturday Today we take a step back from the first team action and catch up with a match from the reserves section. Photographer Tracey Goodacre visited Second ...
Hilaire puts United into Hunts Cup final.
Apr 23, 2008 ... ... but Reds bow out in Hinchingbrooke Despite a slightly disappointing league season, Biggleswade United booked themselves a cup final thanks to Nathan Hilaire's 22nd minute strike at Leading Drove on Tuesday night. They faced Yaxley in the Hunts Premier Cup ...